Author: impromptuz

幸好我是一個80s kid，曾經與Michael Jackson一起活過的年代。

神級的極致！He is not just an icon, he is a legendary cultural phenomenon that re-define history.

開始了從4月1日到5月18日的無薪假期（sabbatical leave）。
這一次，我沒有設定任何目標。
純粹是為那勒到透不過氣的人生，按下一個暫停pause鍵。

我不知道自己還有多少luxury，可以再享受一次這樣的「突然停下」。

但能不拿薪水就這樣停下來——簡直是短暫的退休——說真的，實在很舒服。

我真的很不喜歡上班。無論做什麼樣的工作，我都不喜歡。

回到上海之後，惡夢和盜汗立刻回來了。

• Overly delayed gratification? How to allocate your life energy accordingly.
• 有意識地live your life purposefully and deliberately, instead of autopilot mode, instead of the “expected” default path. It is by aiming to die with zero.
• “Honorary billionaire” – spend like one!
• Spend money on positive experience instead of things.
• Things that can yield ongoing long-lasting memory dividends for the rest of your life.
• Life is a sum of experienced, you retire on your memories.
• Life experience points + memory dividend points. Very high rate of return, so start early!
• Whole point in earning money is to able to spend it for the experience that make your life.
• Aim to spend all the money before your die -> no waste of life energy forgone.
• Don’t save too much for too late in your life. What are your waiting for?
• Retirement –> go-go year, slow-go year, no-go year.
• How about “precautionary spending”? Rather die. See you at the grave!
• Use it in healthcare money and long-term care insurance -> annuities.
• Save less and spend more, but not auto-save and auto-spend. Not only blinding for a more expensive option.
• Any “now or never“? We are aging with declining health.
• Maximize utility / usefulness of money now.
• Health, free time, money. Go for time-saving services (e.g. laundry), delegate for outside services.
• Different versions of you with “die” along the way, college you, teenage you. Mini-deaths and time is limited.
• Overly delayed gratification, but window of opportunities will close!
• “Courage to live a life true to themselves, instead of what is expected”
• “I wish I had not worked so hard”
• Calculate annual survival cost in retirement
• The business of life is the acquisition of memories. What are you waiting for?

• Stephen Colbert被告知 “you two, first row.” 他跑出來時心裡面難以自信的激動。It’s magical!!畢生難忘。
• 回到MIT拿alumni card、在One.MIT牆上找到自己的名字。也去了新的Banana Lounge, 重新裝修的Student Center。有舊也有新。
• 911 museum的震撼和極度沈重。
• 成功和Siemens CEO合照和聊天，打卡成功。
• 很多難得的”公司” tour，包括NBC, Google, UN。買了很多值得紀念的禮物給自己。
• 14年後回到紐約，發現很多新事物。Little Island, JPMC Headquarter, Hudson Yards, 911 and Oculus. 更去了哈林區。
• 總共見了8位朋友。3位LPC、2位MIT、2位小紅書、1位新認識的Google朋友。
• 天氣非常好，每天15,000+步的大暴走！

飛機上諗到嘅points：

• 原來JFK/BOS來回香港嘅飛機，因為飛北極，所以好長時間都冇wifi，有乘客會ask for refund
• Manhattan嘅街道係真係messy，而且都有多homeless，but少d 癲人或drug dealers（比西雅圖好好多）。因為NYPD同警車真係周圍都有！
• 原來Premium Econ都有free wifi嘻嘻
• 最後d 美金cash都冇咩用到。 因為都係look張hsbc debit card都已經ok。
• 周圍不停都見到The Devil Wears Prada 2嘅廣告
• 第一次去旅行冇戴耳機，因為耳仔成日塞。
• 美國周圍d wifi都超級快。
• 如果可以留多一日，或許可以去Central Park, Edge New York, 食多d 特別野。
• 好多野其實都可以買，不過都係冇買。因為太貴。
• 回程時我隔離個菲律賓女人話，可唔可以讓個window seat比佢。佢都痴線。